Cassandra Van Buren's comments about cultural conventions seemed so coherent that I almost breezed by the HUGE assumption she makes when she says that the disenfranchised can better see through cultural conventions than others. Doesn't that assume that cultural conventions are the product of the dominant ideology (a Marxist assumption that I'm not sure even all Marxists would agree with!)? Furthermore, why wouldn't those who are dominated be just as likely to be (or not be) myopic about the culture they are immersed in. Personal comment: I think Wiseman does a wonderful job of dissecting cultural conventions although I wouldn't call him "disenfranchised." And if what Cassandra says is true, I guess we ought to write off any documentaries done by white, middle-class males! :-) (did I do that right?)